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Controversial Indian film 'The Kerala Story' blurs boundaries between fact and fiction

In India, a low-budget film has sparked huge controversy. "The Kerala Story" tells the fictional tale of three Hindu and Christian women from the southern Indian state, who are lured into the Islamic State group after converting to Islam. Indian PM Narendra Modi praised the film, saying it "exposed the…

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Abdellah Taïa is Morocco's first openly gay writer – his work reimagines being Muslim, queer and African

Abdellah Taïa was born in 1973 in Rabat, Morocco. He currently lives in Paris. He is the first writer from north Africa – and in fact the Arab world – to openly declare that he is gay. In 2006, he came out in a highly publicised article in the Moroccan…

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Defence says Malian rebel in ICC trial was 'small fry'

Lawyers for a Malian Islamist rebel accused of war crimes told his trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday that their client was a just a small fish within the rebel group that took over Timbuktu.

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Tariq Ramadan acquitted of charges of rape and sexual coercion by Swiss court

Judges clear academic and Islam scholar of all charges in case brought by Swiss woman

The Guardian - UK

Muslims in South Korea want to build a mosque. Neighbors protest and send pig heads

The tensions are a test of the nation's tolerance of increasing diversity, when South Korea is looking to immigration to bolster its aging and shrinking workforce.

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ICC prosecutors say Malian rebel was 'enthusiastic' war crimes perpetrator

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday said a Malian Islamist rebel was a key figure in "blatant persecution" of the residents of Timbuktu and was an enthusiastic participant in war crimes.

Reuters

Turkey’s Camlica Mosque: Ottoman heritage or modern nationalism?

While Turkish nationalism has traditionally been tied to secular symbols of the republic, the mosque reflects change.

Al Jazeera

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Martin Amis, literary ‘enfant terrible’, dies aged 73

Author of ‘London Fields’ and ‘The Information’, who divided opinion over his writing style and personal views, died of oesophageal cancer at his home in Florida

The Independent UK

Theatres in Bengal continue to shun showing The Kerala Story

On Friday the movie’s director Sudipta Sen had speculated that movie hall owners here were perhaps afraid of showing the controversial film, which the State had earlier banned fearing it may cause “communal disturbances”.

The Hindu

'My dad's the UK's richest Gypsy - I'm following in his footsteps to make millions'

Elizabeth Best is the daughter of billionaire Alfie Best - the 'UK's richest Gypsy' - and says she wants to follow in her dad's footsteps to make her own millions

Daily Mirror

Palestinians brace as far-right Israelis march in East Jerusalem

Security beefed up as thousands of Israeli nationalists participate in the march amid fears of violence.

Al Jazeera

Before Flag Day, Hamas warns tensions turning more religious

Hamas says current Israeli leadership is turning the conflict into a religious one that is more difficult to resolve.

Al Jazeera

Pig heads, BBQs: Mosque backlash tests S Korea religious freedom

Plan to rebuild small mosque for Daegu university students has come up against a powerful conservative Christian lobby.

Al Jazeera

The Nation of Islam: A brief history

May 2023 marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights leader Malcolm X, formerly Malcolm Little.

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Turning away from the West, Russia seeks to strengthen economic ties with the Muslim world

The Russia-Islamic World Forum will begin in Kazan, southwest Russia, on Thursday. The two-day event was first held in 2009 and aims to strengthen economic ties between Russia and Muslim countries. In the wake of a rupture between Russia and the West, these ties are now part of a shifting…

The Guardian - UK

Swiss academic Tariq Ramadan goes on trial accused of rape

Islamic studies scholar, who took leave of absence from Oxford University in 2017, is also accused of sexual coercion

Manchester Evening News

The King reads the Quran: The life of Charles III royal watchers don't talk about

The King has called for revolution

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Palestinian militants fire more rockets, as Israeli air strikes hit Gaza despite cease-fire efforts

Hopes of a truce between Israel and Palestinian militants after four days of fighting are dashed after a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill a sixth senior member of Islamic Jihad and rockets are fired towards Jerusalem.

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End-of-life care on agenda as doctors gather in Sydney for inaugural Islamic medicine conference

A highly-respected Shariah scholar and London-based general practitioner will address a gathering of Muslim doctors who will discuss ethical issues raised by end of life care and organ donation.

The Hindu

Delhi HC asks media, Google, Twitter to block links articles claiming Muslim man forced woman to convert

The Delhi High Court on May 12 directed certain media houses and social media platforms, including Twitter and Google, to block the links of news reports and videos claiming that a Muslim man allegedly forced a woman to convert to Islam.

The Independent UK

Extremist who praised French teacher’s killer jailed for five-and-a-half years

Ajmal Shahpal, 41, used Twitter to call for ‘blasphemers’ to be beheaded, after a string of terrorist attacks in Paris.

Daily Mirror

'I'm the son of UK's richest gypsy – but now I’ve made life-changing conversion'

Jet-setting entrepreneur Alfie Best Jnr, who is said to have amassed a £10million fortune, believes he is now the first traveller to become a Muslim after discovering Allah

The Independent UK

Iran hangs two men for blasphemy amid ‘alarming’ surge in executions

Yousef Mehrdad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare were hanged at Arak Prison in central Iran

Al Jazeera

Iran executes two ‘Quran burners’ for blasphemy

The men were said to have insulted Islam and its prophets and run organised efforts to promote atheism.

The Hindu

The Kerala Story pulled out of multiplexes in Tamil Nadu

The controversial film was pulled out after protests in a few cities by Muslim political groups and other political parties, including the Naam Tamilar Katchi, since the film came out on May 5.

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